OAKLAND — California officials lowered the temperature Friday in their legal standoff with the California Republican Party over its unauthorized ballot boxes, saying the party had committed to enough changes for now to satisfy their concerns.Source: California allows Republican ballot boxes with safeguards...
To get the districts they wanted, Democrats organized groups that said they represented communities, but really represented the party. This spring, a group of California Democrats gathered at a modern, airy office building just a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol.Source: How Democrats Fooled California’s Redistricting Commission...
Here’s the link to a Supreme Court amicus brief, filed earlier today on behalf of several election law scholars (including myself), asking the Court to provide more guidance about the Purcell principle.Source: Purcell Brief...
It had blocked an unsubstantiated New York Post article about the Bidens but said late Thursday that it would allow similar content to be shared. SAN FRANCISCO — President Trump called Facebook and Twitter “terrible” and “a monster” and said he would go after them.Source: Twitter Changes Course After Republicans Claim ‘Election Interference’...
Mirroring a trend being seen around the country, Californians are completing and returning their ballots weeks ahead of Election Day in record numbers. More than 1.Source: California voters returning ballots early in massive numbers...
As the man overseeing a crucial presidential election in the middle of a pandemic that has necessitated sending every active voter in the state a mail-in ballot, Secretary of State Alex Padilla has a lot of responsibility on his plate.Source: Some Wonder If California's Election Chief Is Too Partisan...
Facebook users engage with content from untrustworthy outlets twice as often today as they did at the time of the 2016 U.S. election, researchers at the German Marshall Fund found, despite the many measures the platform and its competitors have rolled out to combat the spread of misinformation.Source: Engagement with untrustworthy Facebook content doubles since 2016...
A late-night ruling Monday upheld Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's directive allowing for one ballot drop box location per county in the state. CNN's Artemis Moshtaghian and Hollie Silverman contributed to this report.Source: Late night court decision rules Texans will only have one ballot drop box per county...
A lot of voters are asking these questions right now: How quickly will ballots be counted in the presidential election? Which states will have results — and possibly a winner — on election night?Source: How Quickly Will Your Absentee Vote Be Counted? A State-by-State Timeline...
This is a terrific new paper from Michael Morley (forthcoming, George Mason Law Review), though there are aspects I disagree with. Here is the abstract: The U.S. Supreme Court cautioned in Bush v. Gore that its “consideration is limited to the present circumstances.Source: “Bush v. Gore’s Uniformity Principle and the Equal Protection Right to Vote”...
